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(1908–1960)
 
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John Russell Fearn was a [[British]] author and one of the first British writers to appear in American pulp [[SF]] magazines.
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'''John Russell Fearn''', a [[British]] author, was one of the first [[UK]] writers to appear in [[American]] [[pulp]] [[SF]] magazines.
  
A prolific author, he published his novels also as [[Vargo Statten]] and used various other pseudonyms such as Thornton Ayre, Polton Cross, Geoffrey Armstrong, John Cotton, Dennis Clive, Ephriam Winiki, and Astron Del Martia.
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A prolific author, he published his novels also as [[Vargo Statten]] (after which the [[prozine]] ''[[Vargo Statten SF Magazine]]'' was named) and used various other [[pseudonyms]] such as '''Thornton Ayre, Polton Cross, Geoffrey Armstrong, John Cotton, Dennis Clive, Ephriam Winiki''', and '''Astron Del Martia'''.
  
Fearn is known today primarily for his series of Golden Amazon SF stories.
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Fearn is known today primarily for his series of Golden Amazon [[SF]] stories.
  
 
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* 1954 --[[Supermancon]]
 
* 1954 --[[Supermancon]]
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{{person | born=1908 | died=1960}}
 
{{person | born=1908 | died=1960}}
 
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Revision as of 17:34, 27 November 2020

(1908–1960)

John Russell Fearn, a British author, was one of the first UK writers to appear in American pulp SF magazines.

A prolific author, he published his novels also as Vargo Statten (after which the prozine Vargo Statten SF Magazine was named) and used various other pseudonyms such as Thornton Ayre, Polton Cross, Geoffrey Armstrong, John Cotton, Dennis Clive, Ephriam Winiki, and Astron Del Martia.

Fearn is known today primarily for his series of Golden Amazon SF stories.

Awards, Honors and GoHships:

Entry in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction



Person 19081960
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